"ASQ" 2006 Obituary

ASQUITH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-01-14 published
OLDREIVE, Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (née
ASQUITH)
Passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at Roberta Place, Barrie
at age 82. Born December 9, 1923 in Auburn, Ontario, Betty was
predeceased by her beloved husband Donald Drake
OLDREIVE (1976.)
Loving mother of Janet C.
OLDREIVE and her husband R. Paul
AXFORD
of Toronto and George A.
OLDREIVE and his wife
Lorna of Bradford.
Dear grandmother of David
AXFORD,
Emily,Donald and Gilbert
OLDREIVE.
Survived by her brother Charles Harold
ASQUITH of Streetsville
and predeceased by sister Mary
ASQUITH and brother Reginald
ASQUITH.
Betty was a faithful member of the congregation of St. Richard
of Chichester Anglican Church, past president of Downtown Churchworkers
Association-Associates and past president of Caring, Etobicoke.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas
Street West, Etobicoke (between Islington and Kipling Aves.)
from 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Funeral Service will be held on Monday,
January 16, 2006 at 10: 30 a.m. at St. Philip's Anglican Church,
31 St. Phillip's Rd., Etobicoke (N. of Dixon). Interment will
take place in the spring at Ball's Cemetery, Auburn. For those
who wish, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or to the
Lung Association would be much appreciated.

ASQUITH o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-02-16 published
McCARTHY, Dr. John Russell "Jack" B.A., B.Paed., M.A., Ed.D.,
LL.D.
Passed away at Toronto on February 15, 2006, in his ninety-first
year. He is survived by his daughter, Judith Ann
MANSON and his
grand_sons, Scott M.
MANSON and J.J.
MANSON. He was predeceased
by his wife, Isabelle J.
(ASQUITH,) by his parents, Sylvester
E. (Wes) McCARTHY and Nellie M.
(McGAR,) and his sister, Rita
B. MARTIN.
After attending North Bay Normal School, Jack began
his teaching career in a one-room rural school in Lee Valley,
near Webbwood, his place of birth. He later taught in North Bay
and Kingston. Upon graduation from Queen's University in Arts
he was the youngest person appointed to the Inspection of Schools
Branch of the then Ontario Department of Education. After service
in the Welland area, he was Inspector of Public Schools in Frontenac
County, North York and Forest Hill Village. He held numerous
positions in the Ontario Department of Education before becoming
the first Deputy Minister of University Affairs. On behalf of
the government, he played an important role in the development
of new universities in Ontario and in the expansion of existing
universities. Later, he returned to the Department of Education
as Deputy Minister, where he provided leadership in the fields
of curriculum, administration and organization. Upon retirement
from public service, he became an Associate Professor of Education
at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (UofT). Dr.
McCARTHY holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University,
B.Paed. (U of T), M.A. (Columbia) and honourary degrees of Ed.D.
(Nipissing), LL.D. (McMaster and Queen's). He was recently named
Distinguished Alumnus of Nipissing University. In 1949, he received
his Master of Arts degree from Teachers College, Columbia University,
in New York. In 1952-53 he was the recipient of the William E.
Pakenham Fellowship in Education from the University of Toronto
which was tenable for a year of full-time study, again at Columbia.
He was a member of two honourary societies in education, Kappa
Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa, in chapters at Columbia. He served
for several years as a member of the Senate of Knox College (U
of T.) Dr.
McCARTHY took an active interest in community affairs
in Leaside where he resided for 44 years. He was an elder in
Leaside Presbyterian Church, a former President of the Leaside
Property Owners Association and was twice elected to the East
York Board of Education, where he served one term as Chairman
of the Board. Dr.
McCARTHY was a skilled athlete in baseball,
fastball and tennis. One of the teams he played on won an Ontario
championship and was inducted into the North Bay Sports Hall
of Fame. He served as President of the Canadian Education Association
and was a life member of that organization. On a sabbatical leave
in 1979, he attended the Institute of Education, University of
London, England where he was named Visiting Scholar for that
period. The family will receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral
Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton
Avenue East), from 5: 00-7:00 p.m. Friday, February 17. The funeral
service will be held in the chapel on Saturday at 2 p.m. followed
by interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. A reception will be
held in the Leaside Room of the funeral home following the interment.
Thank you to the wonderful, caring staff of Belmont House and
to Adella and Mayden, who participated so helpfully in Jack's
life over the past year. If desired, donations to Belmont House,
55 Belmont Street, Toronto M5R 1R1 would be appreciated.